Wine Quotes

People have been writing about wine, almost as soon as man took pen to paper. Here's a sampling of notable quotes:

• Good wine is a necessity of life for me. ~ Thomas Jefferson
• A man will be eloquent if you give him good wine. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
• My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne. ~ John Maynard Keynes
• If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good? ~ Cardinal Richelieu
• What though youth gave love and roses, age still leaves us friends and wine. ~ Thomas Moore

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